On Being Different: Diversity and Multiculturalism in the North American Mainstream

"On Being Different" provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary account of diversity and multiculturalism in the United States and Canada. Kottak and Kozaitis clarify essential issues, themes, and topics in the study of diversity, including ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. The book also presents an original theory of multiculturalism, showing how human agency and culture work to organize and change society. The authors use rich and varied ethnographic examples, from North America and abroad, to help students apply the material to their own lives, and thus gain a better understanding of diversity and multiculturalism.Kathryn Kozaitis is the author of 'On Being Different: Diversity and Multiculturalism in the North American Mainstream', published 2007 under ISBN 9780073530895 and ISBN 0073530891.